Let me know what you think!
so far:
08 TL Base+Navi | Polished Metal Metallic
30% Tint | AEM v2 | 10"Sub+AMP Custom Box
OEM Door Visors | Debadged | Smoked Sidemarkers
Filled in Front Bumper | Tein Basics
VarrsToen 2.2.1 +15 | Kumho 225/40/18

 

Dude, you have TEIN Basics?


Looks like your on stock height, wheels look goood but come on slam those coils down man!

 

I think i'm going to put her down like .5-.75" all around...
shes a super daily driver and the roads around la are pretty shitty...
i already have tire rub/gouging on large bumps in the front.
id rather be a little higher then have cutting in the side wells of my tire

 

You have no idea what you're doing do you.

 

i like to think i do.
do you have positive input?

 

Dude you should see the streets here in MIAMI, lol.. Just roll your fenders and slam the bitch! lol

 

lol was in miami once catching a cruise. from what i remember, the streets weren't any better than here in la, lol.
as soon as i get another day off i'm going to lower her a little more as well as paint calipers!

 

I daily commute to work in Los Angeles/UCLA area and often go visit Koreatown (worst streets of LA period) ... I was the second TL owner to get the varrstoens, and I've been running with 1/4" thread left on my Tein Basics for the past several months already ... trust me, you can do it hahahahh (just have to know which streets to utilize in your daily commute)

EDIT: I'd have to say it has to do with that initial anxiety of what might potentially happen/go wrong, but honestly as long as you avoid big potholes and know the general streets in the area on which you're driving, there shouldn't be any worries. It's definitely feasible. :P Plus, the person to rock the first set of Varrstoens (ib18ci) is even lower than I am, and he's able to get around just fine.

 

haha awesome, makes me feel much better... i also run a +15. did you do that or do the +31's or what not?
i don't have much experience with other suspension setups besides stock/tls/tein ss's on medium. if you have experience with it, how would you compare the basics to any others?
i feel like it's a bit softer and have a huge travel distance...
am i wrong?

 

KoreaTown woo woo!

 

I was the first person to pick up the set of 18x9, +15's after Tim test-fitted that fitment on his car hahahh

Travel distance/rebound does seem to be somewhat lengthy ... only on huge dips at substantial speeds though ... just go little slower, save gas has been my philosophy ever since hahah

EDIT: I'm sorry, but .... ktown streets are HORRIBLE loll. I literally have a route planned out in terms of what streets to use to get to my gf's house ... as well as, which gas stations I can even get into lol

 

sounds good. that makes me feel MUCH better lol...
definitely going to be more liberal with the lowering on my next day off!
thanks for the input!

ps: i used to do ktown all the time when i was in hs when i played too much counterstrike.
had many hours playing at a local internet shop down there. interplus ring a bell? i have no idea where it is lol.

 

http://jlyphotography.com/Car-Meets-...10_cLwR4-XL-LB

awesome pic that johnny ly took of my car rolling on set of 18x9, +15 varrstoens (painted bronze)

EDIT: Not really a gamer. Not sure, sorry haha

 

crszy, you had 18x9 all around? they seem staggered, ran fake staggered tires? damn man I wanna see more pics of your car!

 

do you still have them on your car now? how far did you roll your fenders?
do you have a pic of the wheel/fender up close? how does mine look in comparison?
a friend rolled the fenders for me, im curious how much he rolled and if i have any more to go.

thats a fucking sick picture lol.
was going to go to acurafest, then vegas called

 

do u have any bigger pics? those are pretty small =\

 

Looking good man!

The only thing I would suggest is lowering the front down a bit. I know roads can be a bitch, but to be honest they are bad everywhere you go. I've never been anywhere and said to myself "wow these roads are nice!". Put those coils to use! I'm lower than you on springs

 

yeah they're huge, taken from a dslr, then imageshack compressed to 2048x1600 i think, if you click on the image then the image again it gets a little bigger.




i think the consensus is to lower a lotta bit more lol...
i'll make it happen on my next day off!
thanks for the input!

 

Is this a 2008 color? What happened to Carbon Gray Pearl?

 

as so far as i knew, these were 08 base colors:

B536P Royal Blue Prl
B546P Kinetic Blue Prl
B92P Nighthawk Black Prl
NH603P White Diamond Prl
NH700M Alabaster Silver Met
NH737M Polished Metal Met
R528P Moroccan Red Prl
YR538M Desert Mist Met
YR574M Bold Beige Met

i think i replied in another one of your posts about carbon grey pearl, ive never heard about that color till i saw your post.

 

Hmm so I guess it;s only 2007 then, here's a photo thread of KGP

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/got-cgp-carbon-gray-pearl-611458/

That means in 10 years I may have a rare color. My TL will be worth MILLIONS

 

i'm super confused lol.
funny acura decided to make 1 year colors.
i'd like to see if cgp = pmm though
maybe they just changed the name
looking through the picture thread, some of them look like my color, some not so much..
but with light differences, i'm not going to make a hypothesis yet...

 

lol

 

lol so i'm going to sound super ignorant, but can you explain what that guy meant?
was he trying to make fun of me?
did i do something super newbish?
lol, super confused.

 

nice wheels!

 

You're welcome! I'm glad you didn't take it as me talking shit or anything along those lines. I was just giving some positive criticism

I look forward to seeing the car once you lower it a bit more!

You're running pretty aggressive wheels but your ride height doesn't flow with it. Usually people that run +15 on a TL are WAY lower than you are. Just slam that bitch and just about everyone will be happy (notice I said just about everyone)

 

i have the same color, looks great. only needs to be lower and larger pics would help

 

wtf varsstoens again...

 

Mine too

 

Yeah, I have 18x9 all around (not staggered at all, 225/40/18s all around)

Thanks. Yeah, I still have them on my car, daily driven to LA. My rear fenders were rolled somewhat flat, but I still rub on dips and whatnot (I don't mind a little rubbing). I actually might try rolling them a little more to see if I can get couple mm's more out of it


Screw you josh. Go play with your tiburon ... that is ... a sema-ready, pretty good looking tiburon psh
LOL

 

I like it =)

 

your car looks like an AM (Anthracite Metallic) only found in 04-06. I just recently did a 07-08 front end swap. but yeah man.. take everyones advice about lowering the car.. u might as well have the stock suspension if youre gonna ride it at that height lol. your car will look 100x better once dropped to no finger gaps

 

Looking good man. I understand where you're coming from with being worried about lowering too much. I don't know how people run such low cars without having any trouble with their fenders gouging the sidewall of their tires. Ive had that problem as well. The back isn't so much an issue because a little rub isn't gonna kill anybody, but gouging is horrible. First and foremost it has to be functional right?

 

bahahahahaha.

on another note...
definitely going to lower it a bit more to maybe have a fingers gap between top of tire and top of fender.
definitely going to be more cognicient of where i drive too though...

 

Don't do what others tell you to do. It's your car, do what's best for you and your car.

 

^in that case, just be prepared to hear many people suggest you lower your car more haha (which isn't really a problem at all if you think about it) haha

 

It would look better if it was white with mag blue te37s.

 

i was thinking the same thing on the color. Maybe this is why your lip came painted.

 

i've been waiting for a day off to lower the car definitely. this was the original lower ever since i put on the tein's i waited for the springs to settle before i can adjust to my likings



when i ordered my aspec kit from acura dealer i told them polished metal metallic... so not too sure...

thanks for the input everyone!

 

Nice ride man... I 'm always driving in South El Monte cause my in-laws live there and the roads aren't so bad, maybe I'll see you around some time...